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- The later Norfolk House at 31 St James's Square, Westminster, was built between 1748 and 1752 as the London townhouse of Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk (1686–1777), to the design of Matthew Brettingham (1699–1769), "the Elder".
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Norfolk House was built on a site formerly occupied by two houses, namely St Albans House, the residence of the Earl of St Albans (purchased by Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk in 1722), and the other the residence of John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse (1614–1689) (purchased by the 9th Duke of Norfolk in 1748).
Jun 10, 2018 · Norfolk House on St James’s Square in London SW1, built between 1748 and 1752, was one of the finest examples of mid-Georgian architecture in London, the town house of eight successive Dukes of Norfolk and a magnificent centre of social life and aristocratic entertainment.
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The house built on this site by the Earl of St.Albans for his own occupation was the firsterected in the square, within two years of theCrown's grant of the freehold in 1665 and duringthe period of the Earl's early plans for a squareoccupied by mansions even greater than thosewhich were ultimately built. The history of thehouse does not, however, s...
This house (B on fig. 36) was the southernmostof three which were built for the first LordBelasyse, a younger son of Thomas Belasyse, LordFauconberg. They were built on a site with afrontage of 133 feet to the square south of CharlesStreet. The sites of the two more northerlyBelasyse houses survive as those of Nos. 32 and33. The overall site was gr...
The great house built for the ninth Duke ofNorfolk between 1748 and 1752 was the work ofMatthew Brettingham the elder, who also builtNo. 5. His account book survives and gives arather summary statement of the work on thehouse. (fn. 42)The total cost, including the purchaseof materials, but excluding the fine furnishingsand perhaps also some of the ...
The house erected between 1748 and 1752was the largest and finest of the three, or possiblyfour, noblemen's town houses that were designedby Matthew Brettingham, senior, and built infairly close proximity within St. James's parish. Itis not surprising to find that most of the Palladiandetail of Norfolk House was derived from Hoikham Hall, since Bre...
On the east side of the garden court, facingBrettingham's building, was the long and narrowrange doubtless built by Lord Portland soon after1710 (Plate 163, fig. 39). Its west front, probablyrebuilt when the new house was erected, was asimple composition in brick sparingly dressed withstone. There were three tiers of nine windows,the doorway in the...
Sandringham House is a country house in the parish of Sandringham, Norfolk, England. It is one of the royal residences of Charles III, whose grandfather, George VI, and great-grandfather, George V, both died there. The house stands in a 20,000-acre (8,100 ha) estate in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Norfolk House, at 31 St James's Square, London, was built in 1722 for the Duke of Norfolk. It was a royal residence for a short time only, when Frederick, Prince of Wales, father of King George III of the United Kingdom, lived there 1737-1741, after his marriage in 1736 to Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe ...
2 days ago · Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, used Norfolk House, Lambeth, as a suburban residence until his attainder in 1547. His life was saved by the death of Henry VIII, but his estates were seized and granted to William Parr, Marquess of Northampton.
Norfolk House was the London residence of the Dukes of Norfolk, and as such more than one building has been given this name. The first was opposite Lambeth Palace, set in acres of garden and orchards on a site occupying what is now the Novotel London Waterloo on Lambeth Road.
